Andrew Griffiths’s voting in Parliament

Andrew Griffiths is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Andrew Griffiths sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Andrew Griffiths voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Andrew Griffiths’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Andrew Griffiths’s full vote analysis page for more.

Andrew Griffiths has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 23 May 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Minimum Wage: Non-payment 22 Jun 2018

  The Government is clear that anyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should receive it. We have increased the HMRC enforcement budget to £26.3 million for 2018/19, up from £13 million in 2015/16. Since the introduction of an online complaints system in January 2017, there has been a significant increase in the number of NMW complaints received by HMRC. BEIS has...

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Members: Unpaid Work 22 Jun 2018

  HMRC routinely contacts employers who advertise unpaid internships, signposting them to National Minimum Wage guidance to help ensure they are compliant. It has contacted over 1,000 employers in this way over the last year. We do not publish the names of employers involved in HMRC compliance or investigation activities, except where they have been found to be in breach of the law and have...

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Unpaid Work 21 Jun 2018

  The Government is clear that exploitative unpaid work trials are unacceptable, and will take action against employers misusing them. HM Revenue and Customers respond to 100% of worker complaints received. Short unpaid work trials may be acceptable when they are part of a genuine recruitment exercise. On 13 June I met trade unions, employers and lawyers to seek views on a draft of new...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Burton

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @agriffithsmp
• https://facebook.com/voteandrewgriffiths

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Andrew Griffiths campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Communities and Local Government
• Education
• Health
• Department for Education
• Home Department
• Gcse
• Drugs: Rehabilitation
• Prisons: Drugs
• Children in Care
• Teenage Pregnancy

Currently held offices

• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (since 9 Jan 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee of Selection (12 Sep 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
• Member, Selection Committee (12 Sep 2017 to 11 Jan 2018)
• Government Whip (17 Jul 2016 to 9 Jan 2018)
• Member, Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (1 Nov 2010 to 31 Oct 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Janet Dean
• Ivan Lawrence
• John Jennings
• Arthur Colegate
• Arthur Lyne
• John Gretton
• John Gretton
• Robert Ratcliff
• Sydney Evershed
• Michael Bass

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (17 out of 20)
• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Care Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Andrew Griffiths’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 92.02% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 107 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Andrew Griffiths’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 224 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)